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Poverty Headcount / Ghana
Population & Society

Ghana Poverty Headcount

Current and historical poverty headcount data for Ghana, including latest value (23.4), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Ghana
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Ghana · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
63 / 100
Moderate risk · limited data
Fiscal stability 9.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 12 / 20
External stability 13.6 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability n/a
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 62% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1991–2016 1991– 2016
1991 2016
Selected year: 2016 · Value: n/a 2016

Ghana · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

1991–2016
23.4 percent
24.2 percent
34.14 percent
10 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2016
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2 high
Kenya 39.8 high
Argentina 38.1 high
South Africa 37.9 high
Egypt 33.5 high
Ethiopia 33.1 medium
Colombia 31.8 medium
Mexico 29.6 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
South Africa 37.9
Egypt 33.5
Morocco 3.9
China 0
Germany 14.8

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00

Ghana Snapshot

country profile
Population 34.43 m
GDP 82.31 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 22.85%
Unemployment 2.98%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Lower middle income

Ghana Poverty Headcount: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Poverty Headcount for Ghana. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: ghana poverty headcount rate, poverty headcount data ghana, ghana poverty headcount statistics, ghana percent.